The ATL Twins on Post-Spring Breakers Fame, Friendship with James Franco, and How to Get Girls

Harmony Korine’s latest film, Spring Breakers—in addition to globalizing Riff Raff and de-Disneying Selena Gomez—introduced the mainstream to the ATL Twins. For the uninitiated, they’re skateboarding, foulmouthed, fashion-craving, fame-loving "mirror twins": One’s a righty, the other’s a lefty, they share the same tattoos on opposite sides of the body and, oh yeah, they share the same women. "We like to fuck bitches and hang out with fuckin’ hot-ass girls," they told GQ. The twins, now friends with the likes of James Franco, Terry Richardson, and Selena Gomez, are thoroughly about that life. With the DVD of Spring Breakers out this month, we caught up with the ATL Twins (aka Sidney and Thurman Sewell) to talk about Bieber-level fame, friendship with Franco, and that time a "fuckin hot-ass blonde chick" came knocking at their door.

[Ed. note: The ATL Twins asked for their responses to be grouped. As they explain it: One person, two bodies.]

ATL Twins: Yeah, we didn’t think anything of it, but then the article went viral and all this shit. Harmony hit us up about some other shit, and he happened to be doing Spring Breakers as well, so he was like, "I’ll throw you guys in that, too," and we were like, "Cool." We’ve always been big fans of his weird shit [laughs]. Just fuckin’ with Harmony, man, it opened a lot of doors and we ran with it.

GQ: What are you involved with now that you never expected happening?

ATL Twins: Fashion shoots, more movies, I dunno, having everybody in the world come up to you to get a photo. It’s kind of crazy. We never had problems hookin’ up with chicks ever, but it’s even easier now, you know? Back when we were super broke, didn’t work, and all we did was skate, we still had chicks buyin’ us shit. We’re crazy. We’ve always, like, been good with the ladies. Now it’s just straight to the fuckin’ point.

GQ: Style-wise, which brands are you getting behind these days?

ATL Twins: Oh man, obviously all the skate brands, like DGK, Gold, HUF, Diamond. We’re also starting to fuck with Been Trill, Hood by Air, Pyrex, and more of that stuff. If it’s dope, we’ll rock it. I’m definitely not trying to pay for clothes, that’s for sure. We just like being fuckin’ fresh, man. We like to wear shit, like, once. We want the super high-end shit, the hard-to-get shit.

GQ: In an interview with New York, you said you wanted to achieve a Bieber level of fame. How close are you to that?

ATL Twins: As far as Bieber-level, man, I don’t know, that’s mania type shit. But lately I’ve been feeling some of that Bieber shit. Our past trip to New York, was crazy, goin’ to a spot and everybody there wants to get a photo with you. Everybody wants a piece of you. I like it; It gives you a wide range of the kind of, you know, pussy you want to pop that night.

GQ: I remember getting a TV show was also a goal.

ATL Twins: Ever since that Vice article came out, we could have done it, but we never wanted to rush into it. We just wanted to prove that this isn’t some fuckin’ gimmicky bullshit and that we’re real. I can’t really speak on it too much, but there’s definitely some shit in the works. We’ll be on TV soon. [laughs]. We also want to continue doing movies. We’re doing one with James Franco really soon.

GQ: Sweet, what’s up with the Franco film?

ATL Twins: Um, I dunno. Franco just hooks us up. We’ve just kept a good relationship with him. He’s just a super fuckin cool motherfucker. We also voice what we want. Like, "Yo, fuckin’ put us in a movie, yo, come on, Franco, you can hook us up man, hook us up!" And he was like, "All right, I got you."

GQ: Is the movie you guys are going to be in with him something he wrote?

ATL Twins: No, it’s actually something Harmony Korine wrote.

GQ: Awesome.

ATL Twins: But we can’t really talk about that. All these goddamn politics in this game, know what I’m saying?

GQ: What else should people know about you?

ATL Twins: Oh wow, there’s a lot of misconceptions that we’re like these crazy, fuckin’ people, but we’re actually nice. We’re cool to everybody. Humble and down to earth—maybe be a little cocky, but more just confident. A lot of people are really surprised when they meet us, like they thought we were going to be fucking dickheads, but then they’re like, "Oh, you guys are cool."

GQ: There’s a lot of photos of you guys out there, with grills, half-naked women, etc. You could see how people would be quick to assume.

ATL Twins: That’s another thing: People try to say we exploit women. We just don’t; I’ll tell you straight up: we like to fuck bitches and hang out with fuckin’ hot-ass girls. When I say bitches I don’t mean bitch like that; the way we grew up, it’s how we talk. We love girls—every nationality, fuckin’ all that shit. I’ve never forced a girl to do anything, it’s always natural and they’re super into it. That’s just how we’re living.

GQ: So what’s your advice to guys who are looking to pick up a girl?

ATL Twins: A lot of people are just scared, but of what exactly? That some girl will say no? You know many girls tell us to go fuck ourselves? I don’t give a shit. Fuck you, too. Like with everything in life, if you don’t try, they won’t come knocking at your door. Even though I’ve had that happen. I’ve actually had a girl come knocking at the door that was hot as hell, which is insane, but for most people that would never happen.

GQ: Damn!

ATL Twins: It really has happened though, with fame. Like, we live in like a penthouse hi-rise condo with a concierge and shit, and we always saw this super fuckin hot-ass blonde chick around. We’d try to say hello and she always seemed like a real bougie, stuck-up bitch. But one day we get a call from the concierge, and it’s that one chick. She wanted to party, and we ended up just fuckin’ going in on that. The more fame you get, the more thirsty the girls are for the D. They just want to be a part of something; I don’t know. I guess they want a piece of you in some way.

GQ: On his latest album, Kanye says, "One good girl is worth a thousand bitches." Thoughts?

ATL Twins: We’ve been through that; we almost got married. It’s cool to have, but the kind of shit we’re on now, it’s just "keep it movin’," man. But who knows? We wanna have kids and shit but she’s gotta be a super hot-ass chick and she’s gotta be right.

GQ: You’ll find her.

ATL Twins: I think we’ll have to discover that in Europe somewhere, because it’s really beautiful over there. Or maybe Selena Gomez. We’ll see.

GQ: Definitely. Thanks so much for speaking with me.

ATL Twins: Yeah man, always wanted to get with GQ shit. Next time it’s gonna be some cover. It’s fun to get magazines. We like little shit like that, you know? Seein’ it in print. It’s fun to show our family and, like, the bitches and shit. Gets things goin’ pretty quick. Like, "Hey, check it out." Panties droppin’, yo. Keeps it breezy.

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